Slenderman victim’s family in Wisconsin thanks supporters on Purple Hearts for Healing Day

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Morgan Geyser Geyser and Anissa Weier are accused of luring a friend to the woods after a sleepover and stabbing her 19 times to please Slenderman, a fictional online horror character. Courtesy: Fox News

August 2nd 2014

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Unfit for trial . Morgan Geyser, who is accused of attacking the young girl. Picture: Supplied

THE family of a girl allegedly stabbed 19 times by two friends who wanted to please the online Slenderman character has thanked her home town where they have dedicated a day to her.

The young 12-year-old girl’s family thanked their state governor for honouring her.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declared August 13 “Purple Hearts for Healing” Day for the unnamed girl.

In an official proclamation, Governor Walker wrote: “This little girl is overcoming a terrible ordeal with the help of family, friends, medical professionals, and the incredible outpouring of love and support from the great people here in Wisconsin and around the world.

“Her strength and determination are an inspiration, and on behalf of Wisconsin, I wish her well as she continues her journey to recovery.”

Heartfelt thanks ... the young girl who is recovering from being stabbed 19 times in a Slenderman attack. Picture: APSource:AP

In a statement, her family thanked him for honouring “our little hero”, the BBC reports.

“The compassion and love expressed to our family by the people of Wisconsin [and from people around the world] has greatly assisted our family in this healing process,” the family said.

“The prayers, cards, hearts, notes, financial support, and now this heartfelt proclamation truly demonstrates that through this tragedy that there is so much goodness in the world.”

The girl was stabbed 19 times by two girls who told police it was in “dedication” to Slenderman, a fake character on the website Creepypasta.

According to court documents, the girls plotted for months to kill their friend to curry favour with Slenderman, a character in horror stories they read online.

The Slender Man was created on a thread in the Something Awful Internet forum that started in 2009.

He is typically depicted as a thin, unnaturally tall man with a blank and usually featureless face, wearing a black suit.

He is known as an online character that takes part in stalking, abducting, or traumatising people, particularly children. Many children who believe in him think he is powerful, and that they should do certain things, even if they hurt others, to curry favour with him.

The girls involved in this frightening attack told investigators they believed Slenderman had a mansion in a Wisconsin forest and they planned to go live with him after the slaying.

Evil character ... how the Slenderman is portrayed online. Picture: SuppliedSource:News Corp Australia

One of the two accused of the brutal attack has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Morgan Geyser, 12, and classmate Anissa Weier, 12, have been charged as adults with attempted murder and face up to 60 years in prison.

Geyser told two doctors she could communicate telepathically with a multitude of fictional characters.

Dr Brooke Lundbohm of the Wisconsin Forensic Unit testified that she interviewed Geyser in June.

The girl claims to see and hear things that others cannot — including unicorns, Slenderman and Voldemort, an antagonist in the Harry Potter series, Lundbohm said.

“She once regressed into ramblings about a student in her class being a Pegasus,” said Dr. Lundbohm said, Fox6now.com reports.

Unfit for trial . Morgan Geyser, who is accused of attacking the young girl. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

The girl’s lawyer previously said he believed she was mentally ill and a primary goal would be to have her case moved from adult to juvenile court, where more mental health and other services might be available.

Wisconsin law requires anyone age 10 or older to be charged as adults in severe crimes.

Judge Michael Bohren found her unfit for trial, and ordered that she be committed for treatment.

She will be evaluated and treated either in a hospital or in a juvenile detention centre, where she currently is being held.

Doctors have a year to restore her to competency in order to proceed with a trial.

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